unawares

English

unaware +‎ -s (adverbial suffix)

unawares (not comparable)

Unexpectedly or by surprise.
- 1815 [1802], William Wordsworth, Resolution and Independence:
  And I with these untoward thoughts had striven, / I saw a Man before me unawares: / The oldest Man he seemed that ever wore grey hairs.
Inadvertently.
Without plan or forethought.

unexpectedly or by surprise

Bulgarian: неочаквано (bg) (neočakvano), ненадейно (bg) (nenadejno)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 無意中／无意中 (zh) (wúyìzhōng)
Danish: uforvarende, på sengen
Dutch: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: yllättäen (fi)
French: au dépourvu (fr), à l’improviste (fr)
Irish: gan fhios
Norwegian:
Bokmål: uforvarende, på sengen (no)
Polish: znienacka (pl), niespodziewanie (pl) (literally “unexpectedly”)
Russian: враспло́х (ru) (vrasplóx), неожи́данно (ru) (neožídanno, literally “unexpectedly”)
Sanskrit: अम्नस् (sa) (amnas)
Scottish Gaelic: gun fhiosta
Ukrainian: знена́цька (znenácʹka), несподі́вано (nespodívano, literally “unexpectedly”)

inadvertently — see inadvertently

without plan or forethought

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